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Integrated Catchment Management Planning
Author(s) -
CHANDLER J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1994.tb01097.x
Subject(s) - drainage basin , catchment area , statutory law , environmental planning , environmental resource management , work (physics) , local authority , unit (ring theory) , natural (archaeology) , geography , environmental science , political science , public administration , engineering , cartography , law , mechanical engineering , mathematics education , mathematics , archaeology
Catchment management plans represent the National Rivers Authority's vision for the water environment. With the National Rivers Authority being organized by hydrological regions, the catchment is seen as the natural management unit, and catchment plans offer the means to integrate the Authority's work programme with those of other agencies. Catchment plans summarize relevant data and include an agreed action programme to optimize catchment uses, produced after wide consultation; they complement local authority statutory plans, are current for five to ten years, and will be reviewed regularly during this period. The catchment planning process is seen by the National Rivers Authority as a medium for promoting discussion, resolving conflict, assigning priorities, and setting targets by which progress on key issues can be monitored.